Franz wagenblast



- Patented May 3, 1898-.

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UNITED STATES FRANZ WAGENBLAST,

PATENT" OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOLDER FOR HATS, COATS, UMBRELLAS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,544, dated May 3,1898 Application filed October 1, 1 8 9 '7.

T aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANZ WAGENBLAST, of New York city, in the countyand State of NewYorlghave invented a new and Improved Holder for Hats,Coats, Umbrellas, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved holder forhats, coats, umbrellas, and other articles and arranged to enable aperson to conveniently hang up the desired article and securely lock itin place, so as to prevent removal by unauthorized persons, the devicebeing serviceable in hotels, restaurants, theatres, and other publicplaces.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis-specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvement in a closed position.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the improvement with the hat-ring open,and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hook on the lower end of theback.

The improved holder illustrated in the drawings is provided with back A,adapted to be fastened by screws B or other suitable means to a wall orother support, or the said back may be hung on a hook O, as indicated indotted lines in Fig. 2, the upper end of the back being for this purposeprovided with an opening A for engagement with the hook.

On the lower end of the back A is formed 4 or secured a hook D, uponwhich a garment upper end thereof, as is plainly indicated inthedrawings. The hat-ring G is adapted to receive the crown of a hat, sothat the rim thereof is at the back of the ring, the extenserial No.658,733. (No model.)

sion G and the arm Gfthat is, between the back A and the hat-ring whenthe latter is in a closed position. I

Now it will be seen that when the device is used a person first hangshis coat or other garment with the usual loop upon the hook D ati q thetime the hat-rin g Gis open and then .pla'o es the hat into the hat-ringin the manner described and as shown in Fig. 2, after which the operatorswings the hat-ring shut and by the use of a key shoots out the bolt Finto the keeper E, so as to securely lock the hatring in place,thereby'closing the hook D, so

the hook A, the free end thereof supporting a ring H, adapted to behooked over the hook D after the chain is passed around the article tosupport the same.

The device is very serviceable in public places-such as restaurants,hotels, ballrooms, and the likedispensing entirely with the unsightlyboxes now employed for keeping garments, 85c.

It is understood that after the articles are securely locked in positionon the holder the operator removes the key from the lock F and retainsthe same until it is again desired to remove the articles from theholder.

In order to avoid confusion, the key and the lock are numberedcorrespondingly.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A holder forhats and the like, comprising a bar or plate having on its front facelugs at one end and a hook at the other end, a hat-ring provided withoppositely-projecting arms, one of which is hinged to the lugs of thebar or plate, the other arm being provided with an offset, and a lockfor locking the offset arm of the ring to the hook of the bar or plate,substantially as described.

2. A holder for hats and the like, consisting of a bar or plate havingon its front face ried by the offset end of the arm of the ring lugs atone end and a hook at the other end, and adapted to engage with its boltthe keeper said hook being formed with a keeper, a hat of the hook,substantially as described.

ring provided with oppositely projecting FRANZ WAGENBLAST. 5 arms, oneof which is provided with an offset, Witnesses:

the ring being hinged by means of the other THEO. G. HOSTER,

arm to the lugs of the back, and a look car- JNO. M. BITTER.

